jsimmons

This is the correct answer. You can get sheets of 18% gray paper at photo shops, and you can get something close at you LHS (local hobby store). I also built my own light box out of that lightweight foam board you can get at your LHS The bottom and back are solid, and the top/sides are mostly cut out to allow me to play with lighting and position. Here are some pics taken in the box (using an 18% gray background with a bed sheet serving as a light diffuser. Note that I also had the camera on a tripod and connected to a laptop that was controlling the camera settings and taking the pictures. There was also a small amount of post-processing done on the photos (I use PaintShop Pro v8). As you can see, the gray background is perfect, regardless of what color the subject is. 1/18 or 1/20 scale diecast 1/43 scale diecast 1/64 scale diecast

The roll cage at the dashboard is keeping the front end raised up about 3/16 inch higher than it should be. Point of interest - the box art for the Glidden T-Bird shows the car sitting level as opposed to having the rear end higher.

Just as easily. It's almost as if Revell designed it that way. This is the car it was under:

I'm planning on building a Pro-Stock Boss 429 Mustang. The pictures below are merely concept shots using the chassis from a 65 Pro-Stock Mustang I built about 20 years ago. The chassis shown above is from a Revell Bob Glidden 1987 Pro-Stock T-bird. For this build, the roll cage needs to be re-contoured, but that's pretty much the only thing that needs to be done. Otherwise, it's a darn-near perfect fit.

I'm not sure that Revell recognizes all of the scale subtleties. I was fishing around in some Mustang kits, and they put the same wheels/tires in all of them. At the same time, the Revell 69 Shelby is narrower than the Boss 429 so they at least got that part of the scale thing right.

I put it in my sig.

I think everyone's good to go. None here, as long as you remain a devoted Ford fan.

I've come to the conclusion that part of the problem is simply the act of mocking it up. If I set the chassis on the table and put the interior tub on it, the tub sits square and doesn't rock. This indicates to me that the chassis isn't warped (or both the tub AND the chassis are warped exactly the same amount and in exactly the same way). I hadn't mocked it up with the taillight panel in the car, so I gave it a shot (the taillight panel helps to retain the chassis under the car). When I did that, everything seemed to square up, so it looks like I'm good to go. I went ahead and glued the spindles onto the frame and mocked it up again, and it sits level (all four tires are touching the ground) and at the correct ride height in both front and rear. By all appearances, I'm gold. I did the Boss 302 when it first came out over 20 years ago, and still have the assembled kit. I built it in a week. I'd like to do another one, and thankfully, Revell is re-releasing the kit. I'm prepping my other Boss 429 to be a pro-stock car (I need to scratch-build most of a chassis for it), and three other Mustangs, two Cobras, and a Thunderbolt Fairlane in the queue.

I like this build a lot. The stance is great, and the overall appearance of the car is superb. Great work on the interior. You can get hemis from Ross Gibson Engines. I think you probably want one of these: Nitro-Hemi (RGE-207) Vintage Hemi 392CI (RGE-302) They're funny car motors, but all you really need to do is change out the headers, and you should be good to go. If you'd rather stay with a GM power plant, you can do get that too (big block or small block).

Alright. I think we've gone as far as we need to on the post it here/provide a link debate. As of this point (and counting this message), 17 of 29 messages in this thread are NOT about the model in question. So, to yank things back on-topic, if you're going to comment on anything but the model/build (even if it's a positive comment), please keep it to yourself or confine it to PMs. It's not fair to everyone else that doesn't have a problem with it. When the model is done, there will be pics posted in Under Glass like everyone else does. Until then, the progress pics and narrative can be viewed at the link provided, and since I don't have a forums section n my site (on purpose), comments on it should be posted here. Thanks for understanding, and I sincerely hope that my feathers were the only ones ruffled in the recent exchange.

Did I post a link to another magazine's site? Nope. It's my own site. I've already said that I was going to post pics in Under Glass when it's done. If the admins REALLY wanted to keep everything here, they'd provide an area for WIP blogs (that allowed comments but didn't interrupt the flow of the blog) and force everyone to upload their pictures here instead of using external web sites, but when they do that, they have to impose restrictions regarding file size, resolution, and quantity. Otherwise it will get WAY out of hand. My link has absolutely nothing to do with anything else regarding model cars - just my own stuff. As an aside, if local (San Antonio) builders are interested, I have an area to list links to their web site, be it their own web site, fotki, or whatever (but they have to specifically request that I do so - notice that particular page is empty). There are no commercial interests, no sponsors, no nothing. I don't endorse any single model car magazine site on my site, either. I simply post about the models I'm building. I see absolutely nothing wrong with the way I've chosen to do it - there is no conflict of interest between my site and this one. Unless and until the admins here specifically say we can't link to our own sites, I'm going to continue on this course. If they do move to prohibit it, I'd have to abandon my membership here because such a restriction would be, IMHO, beyond absurd.

I don't care about the minor stuff - that is a freakin' gorgeous.

I was cruising eBay looking for a pro-stock Thunderbird to serve as a donor kit for a build I want to do, and I noticed that the pro-street car (similar to the pro-stock version) was molded in pink. I went out yesterday and got a AMT Pro-Street Nova to serve as a donor kit for another build I want to do, and when I opened the box, I was totally surprised to see the thing molded in light blue. Why the heck did they do that? Another observation - you see all kinds of built-ups available for sale, but I have yet to see one of the Glidden T-Birds (or even the pro-street car). I wonder why that is... I wish Revell would reissue the glidden 'bird, if for no other reason than to take the wind out of sails of the ebay scalpers... $50 for a freaking model kit?

I can help you with your chosen web browser if you need it. I use FireFox 5.0, and it can open pages in new tabs or new windows. I'm pretty sure Chrome, IE, Safari, and Opera can do that, too. And no, I don't want to be pandered to regarding my builds. Yes, my mind is made up, and it's attitudes like yours that entrenches me further. Happy now?

I've owned the paddedwall.org domain since about 1996, and the entire reason for it to exist is to be my own personal website. There has never been a commercial aspect to the site, and I pay for my own domain and web hosting because I don't like ads, and I believe in paying my own way (besides, nothing is free and I don't really trust any corporate entity that is trying to convince me that it's magnanimous. Technically, I didn't build the web site just for displaying my model build logs. I just got back into model building after a 20+ year hiatus, and figured I'd add a section for my model cars (they used to be grouped into the diecast section). For me, it ain't about the programming or the web site. If you go to the link provided, all of the info about the build is on a single page. You don't have to go any further if you don't want to. In fact, you don't even have to scroll if you don't want to read the narrative. Just click the first picture, and you'll be able to just look at the pictures one right after the other. This place is to make it easy for people that don't have the time/desire/resources to do what I've done. Someone else mentioned the benefit that you can actually see the build progress without all of the comments interspersed between updates. If you think it will help, I can even put a link to this thread from my progress web page, but given that most modern browsers allow you to open up a new window or even a new tab for each web page, I think adding a link-back to this thread would be fairly redundant. When this whole issue started, I was thinking I'd post one picture each time I update, with a link to the actual progress page, but I don't think that would change anybody's outlook. Unless and until someone comes up with a compelling reason to change the way I'm doing it, it's going to stay the way it is. I certainly think it's better than using fotki/photobucket/et al. The people that keep bringing this up are taking attention AWAY from the process of building model cars. Who cares where the pictures are, or where the build log is? We're all doing the same thing, and making it about something else is almost puerile in nature. As few of us as are left in the hobby, I was expecting better. Honestly.

Yeah, it's just the mockup. I have another Boss kit and used the unmodified rear end as a guide for axle placement. I'm having an issue with the model where fitment of the chassis is concerned. One side is higher than the other. I checked my other kit and it has the same issue. I've tried adjusting it through cautious removal of material, but no joy. I was planning on painting the chassis this weekend, but for now, that's been postponed.

The current plan on the paint (which changes pretty much every time I think about it) is to do the hood, tops of the front fenders, bumpers, grill, tail light panel louvers, spoiler, and wheels with semi-gloss black. I have some black chrome BMF for the window trim. I have to do a test spray with the red I selected, and if I don't like what it looks like, I'll be using silver. I'm also thinking about making my own rocker panel decals. If I could make white decals, I would paint the car a darker color... I'm considering trying to manufacture an intake manifold so I can mount some webers on it (the ones from the DM FIA 289 resin parts). I'm also considering (and would probably even prefer) a dual-quad setup. If anyone knows of a low-rise dual-quad or quad-weber intake that'll fit this motor, I'd be interested in hearing about it. Otherwise, it's Evergreen time. My first one was a OOB build of the Boss 302 (I think you saw that car in my display case). The 2nd one was a pro-stock car that came out REALLY nice, but it got lost between two moves and 23 years of time. I plan on building another prostock version (I already have most of the material I need). I just wish the prostock glidden t-bird was 0) more plentiful, and 1) cheaper to buy. I'd snap up four or five if the price was right.

Nah. I write down the time I start, and the time I stop when I work on it, and round it to the nearest 15-minute interval. I do it more for myself than anything else because I want to know how much time I've actually put in on a model. It's difficult to do that when it takes a couple of months to build a car. I just got done building a 1/72 USS Gato for my dad, and I put in a little over 31 hours on it, but it took me four calendar months to finish it.

The latency you're seeing is likely a browser issue more than a hardware issue. This site is already in your browser cache because you've been here before. My site is new to your browser, and it has to download evrything (the first time). After the first time, it should go much faster for you. (And the comments/suggestions thing was for the model itself, not my chosen method of delivery.)

*You guys* are making it about programming. I merely posted a link to the progress page for a model car I'm building. I am curious though. How many of you guys clicked the link anyway? Given the topic is a Mustang, I would think I'd get better feedback from a guy with the user ID "MustGT" than a guy calling himself "Corvette.Jeff". (BTW, thanks again, Jeff for blazing the trail everyone else seems so reluctant to take.)

Thanks for looking. I happy to see that you survived the monumental ordeal that is defined by clicking your mouse.

0) I'm 55 and have been a programmer for 30 years. I don't think I fit into the "wiz-kid" mold. At my age, I'm all about efficiency of movement. 1) For what it's worth, my web page is faster than fotki and more reliable than photobucket, requires no logon, contains no ads, does not use cookies or other potentially evil tracking technology, and only supports one person - me. It doesn't even have forums (which would be simple to add, but would create more headaches than it's worth). 2) I'm not trying to impress anyone with my web site building abilities. However, I only use FireFox, so if anyone uses another browser and something looks wonky and lets me know, I'll work on fixing it. 3) I'm not selling anything, and only provide a link to the model in question, and you don't have to click a link to go to more pages about the model. Given point #2 in the list above, it's more "bother" to deal with the multi-page format here than it is to click a single link and scroll on the subsequent page. For the people who are arguing the point, it takes longer to type a message saying you don't want to be bothered to to click a link, than it would to simply click the single link. But whatever.

Progress updated: http://paddedwall.org/plastic/build_70Boss429.aspx

I don't think his milling machine can go smaller than 19-inch.

Well, I go through a lot of effort to put it on my own web page (I'm a programmer, and I do that kind of stuff). Besides, it's not like it's fotki, photobucket or something like that. It's also completely ad-free (I pay my own way). I'll post photos in Under Glass when it's done, though.